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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]P.s. I think it’s easier to plan and hire someone for 15 months than for 4 weeks.[/quote]

This.  Our maternity sub for HR was there year long.  She was not treated as a sub and she was a FT employee from her perspective [/quote]

[b]So does Sweden have a ton of people running around on one year contracts?[/b] I’m not saying it’s not better, I’m just saying it leaves a lot of open questions. A year is a long time for someone to be on a team. [/quote]

Yes! This is built into their labor market.

Someone who works for 15 months is taking over the full responsibilities for the job not just doing the bare minimum for a month while someone is out. The timing also means professional workers can fully take on a project instead of letting work pile up.This setup is so commonplace that larger companies often use the same “temps” over and over so there’s no institutional knowledge lost. It’s a great system and works well.

It’s actually kind of funny how afraid Americans are of parental leave. It’s like they need to convince themselves it would never work to justify the stress of going back to work with newborn.

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